The evolution of the organically cultivated land area in Romania; The geographical distribution of all organically certified operators in Romania in 2012-2014;

1. Date:
Author:
The Bucharest University of
Economic Studies
Romania
The dynamics of
organically certified
operators in Romania
between 2012 and 2014
December 3rd-4th 2015
The International Conference
“Global Economy Under Crisis”
Constanta, Romania
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana Munteanu
munteanu.adina@gmail.com
20130413_MESMAP_v5.ppt

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► Worldwide, the organic market value registered upward
trends in the last years, with $ 63 billion in 2011 [1]
► The USA organic market surpasses $ 31 billion in 2011,
growing by 9.5% since 2010 [2]
► The organic market in Europe reached € 21.5 billion in
2011, increasing 9% compared to 2010 [3]
► EU-27: 9.6 million ha cultivated organically in 2011, out
of which 86% of which in EU-15 [3]
► Increasing on average by 500.000 ha/year [3]
Brief overview of organic markets
Introduction
The organic market is expected to continue to grow!

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Data gathering Data analysis
► Data gathering started in
2012
► The source of data are:
►the MARD website
►Websites of the
certification bodies
► Overall, for the period of
2012 - 2014 over 41.000
organic certification (as pdf
files) were collected and
analysed.
► Data was centralised
► Certificates were opened
► Descriptive statistics
► Samples were non-
probabilistic, chosen by
criteria that made the best
sense for the analysis
Methodological notes
Methodology

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The evolution of the organically
cultivated land area in Romania
Source: MARD (2015, 2011)
► Rather scarce information on the Romanian organic market
► A general trend of exporting raw materials (grains, honey) and importing
processed goods
► Value of the organic market in Romania in 2010 is less than 1% ([4],[5])
Data analysis

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The evolution of the no. of organic operators
in Romania between 2006-2014
Source: MARD (2015, 2011) for 2006 -2013; own calculation for 2014;
► Between 2010- 2011 there is an increase of more than 300% in
the number of organic operators - a much less increase of 26% in
the total area of organically cultivated land in the same period
► Between 2011 and 2012, the increase in the number of operators
reached the level of 60% - the total area of organically cultivated
land maintains the increase rhythm at 25%.
Data analysis

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List of the distribution of the no. of
certificates issued by certification body
Source: Own calculations
► Ceres Happurg GMBH
Sucursala Iernut
România, the 3rd
certification body by
number of the
organically certified
operators
► Bio Cert Tradi ionalț
SRL –a new
certification body is
authorised by the
MARD, but no data on
certificates issued
was available
Data analysis

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The geographical distribution of all organically
certified operators in Romania in 2012-2014
Legend
2012 2013 2014
Data analysis
Source: own calculation

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The dynamics of the no. of organically
certified operators by year of certification
Source: own calculation
► 3,699 of the
organic operators
in 2012 are not
present in 2013
anymore
► In 2014, when
2,006 operators
that were certified
during 2012-2013
are not certified
anymore
► a number of 2,577
new operators
appear in 2013 and
are still certified in
2014

9. 9
Migration of operators from specific
certification bodies for the 2012-2014 period
Source: own calculation
► Certorganic (RO-ECO-003) did not receive authorisation from the
MARD in 2014, the operators were forced to choose a different
certification body if they wanted to continue to be certified.
► 137 of the 338 (40%) migrated to a different certification body

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[1] Sahota, A. (2013): The Global Market for Organic Food and Drink quoted in Willer,
Lernoud an Kilcher (2013).
[2] Oganic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) 2012 Organic Industry Survey, quoted at
http://www.organicnewsroom.com/2012/04/us_consumerdriven_organic_mark.ht
ml [accessed April 2014]
[3] Schaack, D., Lernoud, J., Padel, S., & Willer, H. (2013). The Organic Market in
Europe 2011-Nine Percent Increase Compared with 2010. The World of Organic
Agriculture-Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013, 224-229.
[4] Cult Market Research (2010) - Studiu de piaţă- Produse bio. [Market Study-
Organic Products]– available at
http://cultresearch.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/studiu-de-piata-%E2%80%93-
produse-bio/
[5] InfoMina (2008) Pia a Bio din România [Organic Market in Romania], available atț
http://www.infomina.ro/pdf/Despre%20piata%20BIO%20din%20Ro.pdf [accessed
September 2015]
References

11. Date:
Author:
The Bucharest University of
Economic Studies
Romania
The dynamics of organically certified
operators in Romania between 2012
and 2014
December 3rd-4th 2015
The International Conference
Global Economy Under Crisis
Constanta, Romania
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana Munteanu
munteanu.adina@gmail.com
Thank you!